Irrigator.



E. SPARDEL.

IRRIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED PERM, 191s.

Patented 1360.23, 1913.

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EMIL SPARDEL, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

IRRIGAT OR.

Specieation of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1913.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

Serial No. 750,460.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EMIL SPARDEL, a citizen ofthe Free State of Hamburg, residing at Hamburg, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Irrigators7 of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to an irrigator and its object is to provide aninstrument that may be used with the patient in a recumbent position.

In the accompanying drawings the i1nproved irrigator is shown by way ofeX- ample.

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is across section on line A-B of Fig. l on a larger scale.

According to the invention the irrigator is composed of the doucheproper a, a cap o, a ball shaped rose g at the front end7 theindiarubber ball n for the douche and a collector f for the liquid whichflows back into the instrument after it has been injected. In the cap owhich surrounds the rear end of the douche a, a tubular socket c ismounted which is connected by a short india-rubber hose Z with thetubular socket c of a collector f for the flushing liquid. Thiscollector' f is made of soft india-rubber.

The douche a has a central boring z' eX- tending over its entire length.rThe douche of, is of circular cross section and slightly conical towardthe front end. In the frontend a of the douche a ball rose g of wellknown construction is arranged. The douche a. is either made in onepiece with the cap Zi or screwed into the same. In the outer wall of thedouche a four grooves L of semicircular cross section are arrangedparallel with the inner boring i of the douche. The inner boring z' isconnected with the outer longitudinal grooves h by a certain number ofradial borings 7s. The longitudinal grooves it are connected with theannular space formed between the inner wall of the cap o and of theouter wall of the douche a by means of passages Z. The rear end of thedouche o; is connected with the india rubber ball n by means of atubular connecting pin m which is screwed into the cap o so that itbears against the rear end of the douche.

The cap Z) has undulations 0 on its outer surface with which correspondundulations at the rear part of the douche, said undulations extendinginto the rear ends of the longitudinal grooves L. The undulations 0serve for securely maintaining the irrigator in the vagina and forpreventing the flushing liquid from flowing back along the outer wall ofthe cap b. The diameters of the rings formed by the undulations 0gradually increase toward the rear end of the cap Z) so that theinstrument is securely maintained in operative position even if thevagina is not very narrow.

It will readily be understood from the foregoing description thatcertain parts of the construction may be modified wit-hout departingfrom the nature of the invention.

An improved irrigator comprising in combination a douche having acentral boring four longitudinal outer grooves of semicircular crosssection and four radial channels connecting said central boring withsaid longitudinal grooves, a ball shaped rose in the front end of thedouche, a cap iiXed upon the rear end of said douche so that an annularchamber is arranged between the inner wall of said cap and the outerwall of said douche with which space the longitudinal grooves areconnected said cap having a tubular socket in its rear part connectedwith said annular chamber, a collector for the liquid which flows backafter fiushing connected with said tubular socket, an india rubber ballfixed in said cap so that it is connected with the rear end of saiddouche and undulations upon the outer surface of said cap and the rearend of said douche for insuring the maintaining of the instrument in thevagina, subsequently as described and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

EMIL SPARDEL.

Witnesses:

ERNST BRUGER, WLADIMIR FRICK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

